The first thing we want to do when setting up our simple report project is to define what the project is going to be, and what our first simple report will be. Our first report will be a simple dump of the employees who work for Classic Cars.
So, the first thing we need to do is set up a project. To do this, we will use the Navigator. Make sure you have the BIRT report perspective open. Use the following steps to create our project:
Now, we have a very simple report project in which to store our BIRT reports starting with the first that we are about to create.
Now that we have our first project open, we will look at creating our first report. As mentioned earlier, we will create a basic listing report that will display all the information in the employees table. In order to do this, we will use the following steps:
That’s it! We have created our first basic report. To see what this report looks like, under the Report Designer pane, click on the Preview tab. This will allow you to get a good idea of what this report will look like. Alternatively you can actually Run the report and get an idea what this report will look like in the BIRT Report Viewer application, by going up to File/View Report/View Report in Web Viewer. This option is also available by right-click on the report design file under the Navigator, and choosing Report followed by Run.
Although it may be a simple report, this exercise demonstrated how a report developer can get through the BIRT environment, and how the different elements of the BIRT perspective work together.
For a very simple report design, we utilized all of the major areas of the BIRT perspective. We used the Navigator to create a new report project and a new report design, the Data explorer to create out data connection and Data Set, dragged elements from the Outline to the Report Designer to get the data elements into the right place, and used the Property Editor and Outline cooperatively to bold the text in the table header.
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